Fantasy Football, interfering with work?

[24champ]

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Office workers combing the league waiver wire for running backs or back-up quarterbacks are part of a growing number of fantasy football owners costing employers as much as $1.1 billion a week in lost productivity, according to a study released on Wednesday.
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During the National Football League regular season, nearly 37 million people spend an average of 50 minutes a week at work managing their fantasy teams comprised of real-life players tallying points based on statistical performance, according to outplacement consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Fantasy sports ranks with shopping on eBay Inc.'s Web auction site and online poker as the biggest waste of productivity at the workplace, said John Challenger, CEO of the consulting firm.

However, Challenger encourages employers to embrace fantasy sports in order to foster a sense of camaraderie in the workplace.

"The potential damage to morale and loyalty resulting from a fantasy football ban could be far worse than the loss of productivity caused by 10 minutes of online team management," said Challenger.

The study also cited a survey saying average fantasy sports owners spend 34 minutes a day just thinking about their teams and spend close to $500 a year on fantasy sports.

The 17-week NFL regular season kicks off on September 7 in Pittsburgh, where the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers will host the
Miami Dolphins

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060816/sp_nm/life_sports_fantasy_dc

[JCMElway]

Ah, if it wasn't fantasy football it would be something else. People have been finding ways to avoid doing work at work for thousands of years.

[obediah]

LOL first day on these boards and playing on the FF league im on and the ammount of work that i have done today is next to nothing. w00t!

Obediah

[TheChamp247]

yea, what do they expect people to do? just sit in their cubicles and work all day? no. like the article said the employers would loose loyalty and probally a lot more money by banning it

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Just 50 minutes a week? I interned in a Congressional office in DC a few years ago during the fall, and there was at least an hour or two on Monday talking about yesterday's games and then an hour or two on Friday talking about the upcoming games. Then there was the occasional talk during the middle of the week about fantasy football. It was nice to see tax dollars get spent for such a worthy purpose.

[ludo21]

Ha!

obediah, the Mane may make you lose ur job. lol

FF doesnt interfere, it helps!

[obediah]

Im GS, government cant fire me without congress saying so pretty much :) i think im safe.

Obediah